1996 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Dannenberg to join Allegro?

Hans Dannenberg, one of the executives that helped build APA Airlines into another choice for Dominican travelers, has resigned to join Allegro Resorts, the largest all-inclusive hotel chain, according to tourism columnist, Jose Pimentel Muñoz. He made the revelation in his regular column on tourist industry affairs in the newspaper Hoy. APA is presently offering …

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1996 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Dominican airline discontinues operations

Aerotours Dominicana has ceased to operate, closing its offices and suspending employees. The company’s principal executive was Marina Ginebra de Bonnelly. Aerotours closed its operations at the Las Americas International Airport, canceling regular flights to Curacao. A report in Hoy by Santiago Gómez said that Aerotours Dominicana owed US$3 million to the lessor of the …

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Cibaeños for vice president

Jacinto Peynado and Leonel Fernandez have both told the press that they will choose their vice presidential candidates before the 16 March deadline, most probably this month. Political analysts speculate that the visits of both presidential candidates to Santiago could imply that both are looking for the right cibaeño figure for the vice presidential candidacy. …

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The evangelicals join ranks with Peña Gómez

José Francisco Peña Gómez’s candidacy is receiving the support of the Partido Democrático Institucional (PDI), whose founding vice president is an evangelical minister, Natividad Fermín. Mr Fermín says that there is a new awakening among his followers to the importance of political participation. He said the party would proclaim Dr Peña Gómez and Alvarez Bogaert …

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